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20 Cards in this Set
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Keep from waste, loss, or decay; save.
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Conserve
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Destroy utterly by tearing down; demolish
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Raze
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Refuse to take notice of
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Ignore
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Withdraw from active duty or business
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Retire
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Lack of good sense; foolish action or undertaking.
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Folly
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Untouched by anything that damages or diminishes
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Intact
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Easily lead, taught, or controlled; yielding, docile
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Tractable
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Not producing or tending to produce cancer.
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Noncarcinogenic
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Become better; make better, improve
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Ameliorate
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In an earlier period; previously
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Formerly
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Answer; reply sharply or angrily
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Retort
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having no force or effect; void
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Invalid
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Overturn or overthrow from the foundation; undermine
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Subvert
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Inclined to be silent or secretive; uncommunicative
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Reticent
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Unduly sparing in the spending of money; stingy.
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Parsimonious
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Introduced from another country; foreign
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Exotic
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Disposed to avoid exertion; lazy, idle.
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Indolent
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Something that hinders or obstructs
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Impediment
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Peaceable or friendly relations; agreement
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Harmony
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Injury, damage, or something that causes it; disadvantage
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Detriment
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